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Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah wishes the countrymen on International Mother Language Day
"This day inspires us to stay connected with our cultural heritage"
"We should make maximum use of our Mother tongue and strengthen the civilizational foundations of our children by cultivating knowledge and culture in these languages"
"Mother tongue is a powerful medium of expression and a live carrier of culture, it creates an individual’s personality, develops and builds social and cultural identity"
"Our new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi Government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages"
The Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah has greeted the citizens on the occassion of the International Mother Language Day. In his tweet, Shri Amit Shah said, “This day inspires us to stay connected with our cultural heritage. We should make maximum use of our Mother tongue and strengthen the civilizational foundation in our children by cultivating knowledge and culture in these languages”.
The Union Home Minister said, "Mother tongue is a strong medium of expression and a live carrier of culture. It creates an individual’s personality, develops and builds social and cultural identity". Shri Amit Shah also said, "Our new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi Government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages".
Every year 21st February is celebrated worldwide as the International Mother Language Day by the United Nations to spread awareness about linguistic and cultural diversity and promote multilingualism. The theme of this year's Mother Language Day is “Promoting Multilingualism for Education and Inclusion in Society”.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
25th National Youth Festival to be held tomorrow
NYKS to celebrate NYW from January 12 to 19
Kolkata; January 11, 2022
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan West Bengal will celebrate National Youth Week . All the 23 districts under NYKS West Bengal will undertake series of activities with participation of youth from all walks of life to highlight the importance of youth as well as give them a sense of self-pride and engage them in mega Nation building activities.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival tomorrow on 12th January, 2022 at 11 AM in Puducherry, via video conferencing. The day, being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, is observed as National Youth Day.
The Festival aims to shape the minds of India's youth and transform them into a united force for nation building. It is one of the biggest exercises in social cohesion and intellectual and cultural integration. It aims to bring diverse cultures of India and integrate them into a united thread of 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat'.
Several activities including blood donation camp, lectures and discussions on philosophy and teachings of Swami Vivekananda, debates on the role of youth in character building, promoting Nationalism, Unity and inclusive growth, pecial sanitation drives such as cleanliness of village common area “Keep the village clean, drive”, promotion of indigenous, traditional and rural sports and role of Youth in Nation Building, etc. will be held during the week.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the demise of Yoga Guru Swami Adhyatmananda ji
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of Yoga Guru Swami Adhyatmananda ji.
In a tweet, Prime Minister paid tribute to him and recalled his simple way of explaining deep spiritual subjects. The Prime Minister remembered
How along with yoga education, Swami ji also served the society through many constructive activities run by Ahmedabad's Sivananda Ashram.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy's oldest Hydrographic Survey Ship INS Sandhayak Decommissioned
INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy's oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam after serving the nation for 40 glorious years on Friday, 04 Jun 21. The ship was decommissioned in a solemn and low key event due to the ongoing COVID Pandemic when the National Flag, Naval Ensign, and the Decommissioning Pennant were lowered at sunset time in the presence of Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command, the Chief Guest for the ceremony. The Decommissioning Ceremony was also attended by Vice Adm Vinay Badhwar, AVSM, NM Chief Hydrographer to Govt. of India and by serving Hydrographers, outstation ex-crew members and veterans virtually through live streaming.
During her 40 years of illustrious service in the Indian Navy, INS Sandhayak undertook over 200 major hydrographic surveys in Western and Eastern coasts of the Indian peninsula, the Andaman Sea, and surveys in neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The ship also took part in important operations like Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, 1987, Op Rainbow for Humanitarian Assistance in the aftermath of the Tsunami in 2004 and the maiden Indo-US HADR Exercise Tiger-Triumph in 2019.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health Minister Flags off Indian Red Cross Society Ambulances
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare today flagged off 33 Ambulances  from Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers was also present on the occasion.
The Union Ministers were briefed on the amenities and services that shall be provided by the ambulances.
Under funds allocated for Covid response in India, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies  earmarked some funds for ALS Ambulances, BLS Ambulances, Mobile Health Units and Mobile Blood Collection vans. The 33 Ambulances are part of the first lot of medical vehicles which are being sent to improve the health and disaster response capacity of Indian Red Cross Society  branches.
IRCS has played an important role in the fight against COVID-19 and has contributed immensely in reducing impact of the pandemic. They have held several camps for ensuring blood availability throughout the country. The multidimensional response with a broad range of activities is testimonial of IRCS’s capacity as an organization.
Ministry of Mines
MINING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
The Mining Surveillance System  has been successful in checking illegal mining activities around mining leases. The system was developed to assist the State Governments to detect and curb illegal mining activities. The system checks a region of 500 meters around the existing mining lease boundary using satellitic imagery to search for any unusual activity which is likely to be illegal mining. Any discrepancy found is flagged-off as a trigger. The triggers thus generated are forwarded to respective State Governments for verification through field visit. A user friendly mobile app for MSS has also been developed for Citizens and State Governments to ensure ease of access and transparency. 793 triggers have been generated in 4 phases and in 80 cases unauthorized mining activities have been confirmed by the State Governments. As per Section 23C of the Mines and Minerals  Act, 1957, State Governments are responsible for taking action in the cases of illegal mining.
Summary of phase-wise details of triggers generated and action taken thereon  are furnished below:
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Generated
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Verified
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Unauthorized Mining
Confirmed
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Phase-I 
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296
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287
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47
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Phase-II 
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52
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45
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5
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Phase-II  
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130
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104
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9
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Phase-III 
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177
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97
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12
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Phase-IV -I 
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61
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24
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7
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Phase-IV -II (2022-
23)
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77|
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-recently generated triggers in June 2023
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s Departure Statement ahead of his visit to Germany and UAE 
I will be visiting Schloss Elmau, Germany at the invitation of Chancellor of Germany, H.E. Mr. Olaf Scholz, for the G7 Summit under the German Presidency. Itwill be a pleasure to meet Chancellor Scholz again after the productive India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations  last month.
In an effort to strengthen international collaboration on important global issues impacting humanity, Germany has also invited other democracies such as Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa to the G7 Summit.During the sessions of the Summit, I will be exchanging views with the G7 counties, G7 partner countries and guest International Organisations on topical issues such as environment, energy, climate, food security, health, counter-terrorism, gender equality and democracy. I look forward to meetingleaders of some of the participating G7 and guest countries on the sidelines of the Summit.
While in Germany, I also look forward to meeting members of the Indian Diaspora from across Europe, who are contributing immensely to their local economies as also enriching our relations with European countries.
On my way back to India, I will make a brief stopover in Abu Dhabi, UAE for a meeting with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi on June 28, 2022 to convey my personal condolences on the passing away of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the former UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Success Story: MSME paved the road to success for women entrepreneurs
Aadhya Enterprises is a Delhi based Trio Women’s Entrepreneur company. They have varied portfolio and broader categories of bags including backpacks, school bags, gym bags, travel bags etc. With the help of MSME-DI, New Delhi the unit has registered into MSME category, hence credit period reduced substantially as a result their cash flow and profitability have improved.
The Champion desk of MSME guided them with new avenues of business and MSME-DI helped them and introduced more categories and platforms to promote their products. The Unit acknowledged the support rendered by MSME by which they got an opportunity to participate in IITF-2021 wherein they got domestic and export leads.
Ministry of Communications
Cabinet approves USOF scheme for provision of mobile services in Meghalaya under CTDP for North Eastern Region
The Union Cabinet chaired by chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Implementation of a Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan  for the North Eastern Region in Meghalaya at a total estimated project cost of Rs. 3911 crore to be funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund  and approval of the enhanced cost of CTDP Project for NER for an amount of Rs. 8120.81 crore .
Salient Features:
The Scheme entails:
- Provision of 2G+4G mobile coverage in identified uncovered areas of the State of Meghalaya; and
- Provision of 2G+4G seamless mobile coverage along the National Highways in Meghalaya.
Benefits:
- Strengthening of telecom network will result in increase the penetration of mobile connectivity in Meghalaya resulting in affordable and equitable access of communication, information and governance to people.
- Providing access to public mobile network to hitherto unreached people of Meghalaya will empower citizens with benefits of ICTs for furthering socio-economic developments.
- The innovative skill of uncovered areas will increase through broadband and internet access.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Current status of availability of Coronavirus drugs in India
PRESS NOTE
Department of Pharmaceuticals has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Eshwara Reddy, Joint Drugs Controller, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization  to address the issues of drug security in the country in the context of Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China.
The committee, in its report, has mentioned that the present stock-inhand of the APIs may be sufficient for 2 to 3 months to manufacture formulations and also given certain recommendations. The committee further mentioned that there is no need to panic so far as drug security is concerned.
Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the department has issued necessary instructions to National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority , Drugs Controller General of India  and State Governments to ensure adequate supply of APIs and formulations at affordable prices in the market and to prevent black-marketing, illegal hoarding, creating artificial shortages in the country. NPPA has also written to Chief Secretaries of States with copies to Principal Secretaries Health and State Drug Controllers requesting them to closely monitor the production and availability of APIs and formulations to prevent the black marketing and hoarding in their States and UTs as well as to ensure that there is no violation of provisions of Drugs  Order, 2013 with regard to compliance of ceiling prices/ permissible increase in prices of scheduled/ non-scheduled formulations respectively. In this regard, Department of Pharmaceuticals has written to DGFT to restrict exports of 13 API and formulations made using these APIs. These APIs are primarily made in Hubei province of China.
As per the latest available information, most of the Chinese companies manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients  have now resumed operations partially and expected to resume fully by end of March. There are no restrictions on the export of APIs from China. The Chinese companies are willing to export to India, however logistics sector has not yet resumed operations fully. It is observed from Port offices of CDSCO that APIs are being imported from China. As per the information received from port offices of CDSCO, 56 consignments of APIs are imported during 26th and 27th Feb 2020. Out of 56, 40 consignments are from China and rest are from countries other than China.
Department of Pharmaceuticals, M/o Chemicals & Fertilizers Government of India
New Delhi: 03 March, 2020
Ministry of Defence
OPENING CEREMONY INDO – KAZAKHSTAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE KAZIND-21
The India – Kazakhstan joint military exercise “KAZIND-21” commenced today at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan. This is the 5th Edition of Annual bilateral joint exercise of both Armies and will continue till 10th September 2021. The fourth edition of the exercise was held at Pithoragarh, India in Sep 2019.
The contingent comprises 120 troops from Kazakhstan and 90 soldiers from the Indian Army. Both the contingents will share their expertise and skills in the field of counter terror operations. The exercise will culminate in a 48 hours joint validation exercise scheduled on 08 & 09 September 2021. The validation exercise will be a test bed for the soldiers of both Armies as they would be undergoing challenges of actual operations in such scenarios.
This exercise will provide impetus to the ever growing military and diplomatic ties between the two nations. The joint exercise also reflects the strong resolve of both nations to counter terrorism and will to stand shoulder to shoulder to combat the same.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya delivered the keynote address at the IIMA Healthcare Summit
India has the capacity and manpower to emerge as a global leader in healthcare. : Dr. Mandaviya
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya interacted with students on the topic of 'Covid Management’s Pathshala'
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya spoke as the Chief Guest at the IIMA Healthcare Summit themed “Catalytic Innovation – Start-up Ecosystem and Policy” at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , a leading global management institute, today.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said that with effective covid management strategy and exemplary implementation of vaccination drive among its 1.3 billion population, India has gained global recognition and set a proud example before the world. Emphasizing that India has the capability and resources, he said that with the right roadmap, active participation of private and public service players, startup interventions and technological integration can ensure holistic development of the Indian healthcare system, which stands as a shining example today. After the world pandemic. He attributed India's success to the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and said that it was only because of the holistic approach taken by Shri Modi that the nation could achieve this feat.
He further added that a similar holistic approach can help strengthen the health ecosystem. He emphasized that the sector needs more number of doctors, strong infrastructure, adoption of technological advances to reach remote areas of the country and ample opportunities for startups to drive innovation and progress in the sector."
Dr. Mandaviya said that the output that will emerge from the IIM Ahmedabad Healthcare Summit will not only be useful for the country but also for the world. Health sector is one such sector which is being talked about the most in the last 3-4 years. Covid has told us what is lacking in our health sector, what we need to plan for. Today India is a trusted partner of the world. Because while the world was hoarding vaccines, India was running 'Vaccine Maitri'
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya further said that research and innovation is the greatest need of the country. To promote research in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has introduced a pharma research policy. The government is taking several steps to promote research and innovation in the health sector.
After the keynote speech, Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya interacted with the students studying at IIM Ahmedabad today on the topic 'Covid Management’s Pathshala'. The talk had interesting discussions with many students. Minister Dr. Mandaviya shared with the students the experience of how India has taken steps for Covid management and concluded by telling them that the students will learn a lot from this discussion.
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President's Secretariat
Envoys of Four Nations present Credentials to President of India
Ambassadors of Kuwait, Belgium, Portugal and Cambodia presented their credentials to the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
The envoys who presented their credentials were: -
- Mr Jasem Ibrahem JM Al-Najem, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait
- Mr Francois Delhaye, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium
- Mr Carlos Jose de Pinho e Melo Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal
- Mr Ung Sean, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates NSIL and ISRO on the success of the 1st dedicated commercial launch of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated NSIL and ISRO on the success of the 1st dedicated commercial launch of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Congratulations to NSIL and @isro on the success of the 1st dedicated commercial launch of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission. This ushers in a new era of Space reforms in the country. 18 co-passengers included four small satellites that showcase dynamism and innovation of our youth."
The Prime Minister also congratulated the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro on the successful launch of Brazil's Amazonia-1 satellite by PSLV-C51.
In another tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Congratulations President @jairbolsonaro on the successful launch of Brazil's Amazonia-1 satellite by PSLV-C51. This is a historic moment in our space cooperation and my felicitations to the scientists of Brazil."
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
New Gas Stove for Domestic PNG
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that a novel fuel efficient domestic cooking stove for Piped Natural Gas  has been developed by Petroleum Conservation Research Association  in collaboration with CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum  Dehradun. This is the first product of its kind in the Country. Entire combustion system including burner, mixing tube, venture etc. has been customized in this new stove to handle PNG. The stove has been optimized to have the highest thermal efficiency. The newly developed PNG stove has a thermal efficiency of around 55% in comparison to the maximum efficiency of 40% for the modified LPG stoves presently being used on PNG by the domestic households.
PCRA has been promoting this newly developed PNG stove which has a cost almost similar to normal LPG stove. PCRA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with the Energy Efficiency Services Limited  under Ministry of Power for developing and implementing a model for marketing this new PNG stove by EESL for PNG customers on pan India basis.
Ministry of Defence
ARMY DAY PARADE 2022
Army Day Parade will be conducted at Cariappa Parade Ground on 15 Jan 2022. In addition, a press brief for Republic Day Parade and Beating the Retreat will be conducted on 23 Jan 2022. Venue for the press brief shall be intimated later.
All interested media persons are requested to forward following details for necessary security clearances to armydayparade2022[at]gmail[dot]com by
05 Jan 2022:-
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